Governor - New York (2010)

Governor (2010)
A Rasmussen Reports (IVR) poll; conducted 11/17; surveyed 500 LVs; margin of error +/- 4.4% (release, 11/18). Tested: Gov. David Paterson (D), AG Andrew Cuomo (D), ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and '00 SEN nominee/JPMorgan exec. VP/ex-Rep. Rick Lazio (R).

General Election Matchups
-            Now 9/22 7/14 5/14
R. Giuliani  57% 50%  55%  58%
D. Paterson  30  39   33   30
Other        10   8    8    9
Undec         3   2    5    4

-            Now 9/22 7/14 5/14
A. Cuomo     49% 58%  48%  55%
R. Giuliani  46  37   41   37
Other         2   3    6    3
Undec         4   3    6    5

-            Now 9/22
R. Lazio     41% 38%
D. Paterson  37  38
Other        13  13
Undec         8  11

-            Now 9/22
A. Cuomo     57% 65%
R. Lazio     29  26
Other         6   5
Undec         9   5

Paterson As Gov.
-            Now 7/14 5/14 3/11
Approve      38% 32%  31%  39
Disapprove   59  67   67   59

Fav/Unfav
-            Now     9/22    7/14    5/14
R. Giuliani  58%/38% 55%/44% 56%/39% 57%/38%
A. Cuomo     56 /34  68 /25  64 /32  65 /29
R. Lazio     36 /44  33 /49   n/a     n/a
D. Paterson  36 /59  38 /57  38 /60  33 /65

A Marist College poll; conducted 11/12-17; surveyed 805 RVs; margin of error +/- 3.5%. Subsamples of 365 Dems and 216 GOPers; margins of error +/- 5.1% and 6.7%, respectively (releases, 11/19-20). Tested: Paterson, Cuomo, Giuliani and Lazio.

Primary Election Matchup (Dems)
-            Now 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26
A. Cuomo     72% 70%  69%  70%  62%
D. Paterson  21  23   24   21   26
Undec         7   7    7    9   12

Primary Election Matchup (GOPers)
-            Now 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26
R. Giuliani  84% 83%  77%  75%  78%
R. Lazio     13  13   16   14   17
Undec         3   4    7   11    5

General Election Matchups
-            All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26 1/26 11/08
R. Giuliani  60% 41% 88% 61% 60%  54%  56%  53%  47%  41%
D. Paterson  35  53   9  32  34   37   32   38   46   51
Undec         5   5   4   7   6    9   12    9    7    8

-            All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26
D. Paterson  44% 66% 17% 40% 43%  41%  37%  47%
R. Lazio     44  21  74  47  43   40   40   35
Undec        12  13   9  13  14   19   23   18

-            All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26
A. Cuomo     53% 72% 23% 52% 53%  51%  55%  56%
R. Giuliani  43  24  73  45  43   43   38   39
Undec         4   4   4   3   4    6    7    5

-            All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26
A. Cuomo     69% 86% 42% 70% 71%  68%  67%  71%
R. Lazio     24   7  50  25  21   22   22   20
Undec         7   7   8   6   8   10   11    9

Paterson As Gov.
-               All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26 1/26 1/15
Excellent/good  20% 23% 15% 19% 20%  21%  19%  26%  46%  44%
Fair/poor       76  71  83  78  76   76   77   71   48   48

Cuomo As AG
-               All Dem GOP Ind 9/10 6/25 4/29 2/26 10/08
Excellent/good  66% 72% 61% 64% 69%  67%  70%  71%  50%
Fair/poor       28  20  36  29  26   27   25   23   34

Do You Want Paterson To Run For GOV?
-    All Dem GOP Ind Men Wom
Yes  30% 34% 28% 27% 31% 29%
No   63  57  66  66  62  63